The empress is pregnant, and the emperor's incense continues

The eunuch looked up at the sky and said impatiently, "The county lady and the queen are talking about the marriage of Prince Jing. When Miss Meng was mentioned, the emperor asked you to go there too. Good things come in pairs!"

"What? Why is Miss Meng involved again?"

Seeing that Chen Dingbei was endless, the eunuch threw his sleeves and said, "How else can we get involved? Of course, we should marry Miss Meng to the prince of Jing. Okay, you will know when you enter the palace, Prince Chen. We will also go to the Meng Mansion to convey the order."

It was afternoon and the sun was at its strongest, but Chen Dingbei felt cold sweat all over his body and thunder rumbled in his ears.

He didn't want to marry Mingyuan, nor did he want Meng Wenyao to marry Mingshi.

Absolutely not.

"Wait a minute, father-in-law. I will go to the Meng family with you."

A quarter of an hour later, Meng Wenyao and Chen Dingbei sat together in the carriage going to the palace.

Ever since getting in the car, Meng Wen Yao felt that Chen Dingbei was extremely panicked, and his panic was mixed with pain.

He kept staring at Meng Wen Yao, his eyes slightly red, as if tears were about to roll down.

"Yao'er, we have been together for more than ten years. I thought we would still be together for decades to come, but who knew..."

"Even though I may have been a little careless in the past, this is the moment we decide whether we can spend the rest of our lives together."

"Huh?" Meng Wen Yao was puzzled.

Chen Dingbei didn't care about the eunuchs outside the carriage, and immediately told Meng Wenyao the actual situation in brief.

Then he said affectionately: "We love each other, we can't let the emperor and queen make the wrong decree because of a misunderstanding, that's our whole life!"

Seeing Chen Dingbei dying in pain, Meng Wenyao felt a surge of pleasure in her heart.

Mingyuan was indeed quick to act. As soon as he heard that Chen Dingbei asked for an imperial decree to grant him a marriage, he went to the palace to ask the empress for help.

She didn't care who Chen Dingbei married, but since the matter involved her, she didn't want to marry Mingshi, even if there was an imperial decree granting the marriage.

Wouldn't this make it more difficult for her to conquer the emperor?

She will have to give a proper reply when she goes to the palace. Not only will she let Chen Dingbei bind Mingyuan, she will also implicate the emperor.

"Yao'er, are you listening to what I'm saying?"

Seeing Meng Wenyao's dreamy state, Chen Dingbei felt that she was also panicking. He leaned forward and said solemnly, "Yao'er, when we enter the palace later, don't lose your temper in front of the emperor and empress. Otherwise, the emperor and empress will really marry me to Mingyuan, and we will miss each other in this life."

"Isn't that great?" Meng Wen Yao said indifferently.

Chen Dingbei's face turned pale, and he grabbed Meng Wenyao and said through gritted teeth: "We have been in love for more than ten years, and you pushed me to Mingyuan."

"Tsk!" Meng Wenyao was completely confused: "Didn't you get close to Mingyuan yourself and give her the gold hairpin? Why are you blaming me?"

Chen Dingbei was exhausted. He tried his best to control his tone and said flatteringly, "Good Yao'er, I have explained everything to you clearly. It's all a misunderstanding. Please stop making trouble, okay?"

"When we enter the palace, as long as you decide that you will marry me in this life, the emperor and the queen will not force us to separate. Do you understand?"

Meng Wen Yao looked up at Chen Dingbei again. This guy let her, a woman, speak up and express her feelings, and he was hiding behind and watching two women fight for one man?

"What about you? What are you going to say?"

"I!"

Chen Dingbei took a deep breath and said slowly, "Of course I will marry you, but you know I gave Mingyuan the gold hairpin. If I say this, she will definitely hate me. When we get married in the future, she and Mingshi may hate us as a couple, so I'd better keep silent."

"As long as you insist on marrying me and don't agree to marry Mingshi, today's arranged marriage will be impossible. We will get engaged when we return and get married immediately, okay? Don't you want to marry me?"

"You want to push me out as a shield?" Meng Wen Yao said in disbelief with her eyes wide open.

"Yao'er!"

“I am doing this for our common future.”

Chen Dingbei refused to accept such slander. He continued to lobby: "Don't you understand how I feel about you over the years? From now on, we will be husband and wife. If I am well, you will be well too. So at this time, you have to stand on my side and think about things. Do you understand?"

Meng Wenyao was too lazy to talk to Chen Dingbei, but how could Chen Dingbei let go of the last moment?

Seeing that they were about to reach the palace gate, Chen Dingbei almost humbly said: "Yao'er, don't be willful, otherwise you will lose me forever."

"The peonies you loved in the Zhenyuan Marquis's mansion and the pony that belonged to you at the horse farm will all belong to others from now on. Aren't you upset?"

"Be good and listen, Yao'er. You have chosen me firmly today, and I will never let you down in the future."

When they arrived at the palace gate, Meng Wenyao got out of the car first, turned around and smiled at Chen Dingbei: "You have failed once, I dare not believe it again."

This sentence made Chen Dingbei realize that all his efforts had been wasted.

He felt an unbearable bitterness in his heart, and looking at Meng Wenyao's stubborn back in front of him, he couldn't help but move forward.

"Your brother Dingbei will belong to someone else from now on. Aren't you heartbroken?"

Meng Wen Yao, who was walking briskly forward, naturally had no reaction when she heard this, and instinctively continued to move forward.

But my steps became numb uncontrollably, tears welled up in my eyes for no reason, and my heart felt empty as if I didn't know what day it was.

Meng Wen Yao knew that the original owner was heartbroken, but how could she trust a man who had betrayed her once again? Wasn't that like putting a knife in the hands of the same person and letting him stab her twice?

She raised her head slightly, looked at the sun which was already setting in the west, and followed the eunuch without looking back.

Chen Dingbei, who was lagging behind, saw Meng Wenyao's body suddenly stop, and he knew that Meng Wenyao still had him in her heart.

She acted so nonchalant in the car just now just to irritate him. If she really were in front of the emperor and the empress, she would definitely cry and ask to marry him.

He smiled faintly, touched his nose, and followed with big strides.

When they arrived at the Imperial Study, after Meng Wenyao paid her respects, the Queen did not even bother to say a few words of hypocritical courtesy, and directly asked, "The last time I saw Miss Meng, I realized that you are already old enough to get married after not seeing her for a few years. Has your family arranged a marriage for you?"

This puzzled Meng Wenyao. She had let so many rumors spread, making it seem as if she and Chen Dingbei were already engaged. If she answered truthfully now, wouldn't Princess Mingyuan no longer be anxious?

She seemed to be shy and said vaguely: "Marriage is a matter of parents' decision, I don't know."

Mingyuan became anxious when he heard this, fearing that Meng Wenyao would reveal that she was already engaged to Chen Dingbei, and ask for an imperial decree to grant the marriage at this critical juncture.

She wanted to speak anxiously, but the queen patted her without even turning her head.

She understood that even if the two families had already arranged a marriage, if the queen wanted to break up the marriage, there were many ways to do it, such as saying that their horoscopes were incompatible.

"I have a good match for you. Prince Mingshi of Jing is a good match for you."